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To: NickSE who wrote (10755)10/7/2003 11:58:35 AM
From: NickSE  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793717
 
New Iraqi school spans chasms between religions
csmonitor.com

HILLA, IRAQ – Just outside the sprawling mosque that used to be known as the Saddam Hussein Mosque in Hilla, a somber memorial recalls the city's dark history. On one end, an outstretched hand rises towards the sky, steel rods jutting from it to signify lost souls rising to heaven.

Just below it lie the 76 graves of unidentified victims of Mr. Hussein's regime found in a mass grave in Hilla last May, separated by a stream from a fountain. Around the statue, scriptures from the Bible, the Torah, and the Koran offer prayers for the victim's souls.

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